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Assuming it meant +</I>>>>>><i> /var/spool/mail/anne, I touched that, owned anne:mail (I +</I>>>>>><i> tried root, too), but now the message is "Unable to truncate +</I>>>>>><i> spool file /var/spool/mail/anne". +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> I don't have the problem on the Cauldron netbook, so I +</I>>>>>><i> checked there, and there is no /var/spool/mail/anne - so I +</I>>>>>><i> guess something has changed wrt local mail. Are we now +</I>>>>>><i> talking about ~/.local/share/local-mail/ ? What do I need to +</I>>>>>><i> do now? +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Anne - -- +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> /var/spool/mail/anne is the system mailbox for user anne. +</I>>>>><i> Thunderbird will be putting your mail somewhere else. I +</I>>>>><i> suspect that it will be a dot-directory under /home/anne, +</I>>>>><i> perhaps a subdirectory of your .mozilla directory. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> I think that TB uses the mbox file format. That means that +</I>>>>><i> your inbox will be one big file. Perhaps TB is trying to +</I>>>>><i> delete the old mails, hence "truncate." +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> That makes sense, yes. I had assumed that it was talking about +</I>>>><i> system messages, which I would expect to be in +</I>>>><i> /var/spool/mail/anne. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I am using IMAP - not Disconnected IMAP - IOW, I don't store mail +</I>>>><i> locally (though I did previously), so that shouldn't be the +</I>>>><i> problem. All the same, I'll give it some thought. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Thanks +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Anne - -- +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> If you are using IMAP, by default it will download a message each +</I>>><i> time you view it, instead of downloading once and leaving it on +</I>>><i> your computer. (The plus is easier access from different +</I>>><i> computers.) I don't know how mozilla (thunderbird or seamonkey) +</I>>><i> deals with IMAP, but if a message is larger than the message size +</I>>><i> download limit, that could be the problem. With seamonkey the +</I>>><i> message size limit is set under account_preferences/disk_space. +</I>>><i> (free translation from french) I imagine that thunderbird uses a +</I>>><i> similar location +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> With POP3 (which I use), it downloads the beginning of an oversized +</I>>><i> message and displays "truncated. If you click on the link +</I>>><i> displayed, it will then downloads the entire message, then deletes +</I>>><i> the partial message that was first downloaded. Maybe checking +</I>>><i> ~/.mozilla/thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.*/Mail/{accountname}/inbox or +</I>>><i> similar will give you some clues. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Good suggestion, but the message popup was seen as Thunderbird +</I>><i> started, not during downloading. Although I think it is "cured" I'd +</I>><i> really like to know what was happening. Still.... +</I>><i> +</I> +Doesn't Thunderbird automatically check messages when you start it ? +(That is the default, isn't it ?) + +So if it happened to encounter an oversized message ? +Alternately, the suggestions by others regarding a locally installed +email agent... + +><i> Anne +</I>><i> - -- +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008040.html">[Mageia-discuss] Problems with Local Mail +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008046.html">[Mageia-discuss] Problems with Local Mail +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8042">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8042">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8042">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8042">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |